Photo of the Week

This week’s photo is a perfect example of “breaking the plane” of a Confined Space, but it also shows a hazard that even OSHA does not cover.  Hint: guillotine

This week I am pulling a double whammy on guarding (Video of the week is a foot amputation in an auger).  These days there are few work places that do not have this type of compactor for their “recycling” programs.  This equipment is CLEARLY a PRCS, albeit one that can be easily reclassified.  But as

1910.243(a)(1)(i) All portable, power-driven circular saws having a blade diameter greater than 2 in. shall be equipped with guards above and below the base plate or shoe. The upper guard shall cover the saw to the depth of the teeth, except for the minimum arc required to permit the base to be tilted for bevel cuts.

We just can’t make this stuff up.  This is NOT staged, this is real life.